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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1909
Page
6
A student primer explains how animals obtain and use food. It covers nutrients fats carbohydrates and albuminoids, digestion in different stomachs including ruminants, and the roles of saliva bile pancreatic and intestinal juices. It emphasizes energy production, nutrient absorption, and the need for fresh air in stables.
The article notes color word frequency in Shakespeare and other writers, finding red as the most used color, followed by white and black. It links red to strong passions, vitality, plant growth, and even growth under red light, while warning of excess red as irritable, homicidal, and animal agitation in bulls and tigers.
A mercantile house manager wrote to former staff requesting frank reasons for leaving over five years. Letters revealed wage disputes, poor supervision, and mismanagement that drove away capable workers. Reforms followed based on the insights. A separate anecdote tells of Jasmin the Gascon poet barber shaving a mayor in a swift, velvet handed performance.
Oliver Goldsmith, poorly paid throughout his career, received 250 dollars for The Vicar of Wakefield and 100 for The Traveler plus 25 for English Grammar. For The Deserted Village he was sent 500 but returned it, calling it too high. He died with debts totaling about 10 000 dollars. Dr Johnson asked, Was ever poet so trusted before.
A patient complains of a hissing in the ears and asks for treatment. The doctor asks the man’s occupation, learns he is an actor, and bluntly advises a different vocation. The exchange highlights a vivid, wry clinical moment.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a hairdresser teases a client while shampooing. The woman jokes about keeping enough hair to pin her hat, prompting a playful, cheeky banter typical of stage dialogue.
A caretaker describes a conveniently situated house with a music hall nearby a pub across the street and a pawnbroker around the corner. The quotes include a Colbert quip about a king creating an office and Providence sending a fool to buy it.
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